- Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2023 · Shortlist · for the translation by Nichola Smalley
A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding
Ett system så magnifikt att det bländar
Amanda Svensson (born 1987)
Translated by Nichola Smalley
English editions
In EnglishA System So Magnificent It Is Blinding
Scribe UK · United Kingdom · 9 March 2023 · Paperback · 527 pages
A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding
Scribe UK · United Kingdom · 14 July 2022 · Hardcover · 527 pages
A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding
Scribe US · United States · 20 September 2022 · Paperback · 544 pages
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In the year the three siblings turn twenty-five, their lives start coming apart. A woman is found hanged in a doorway; in an allotment garden a mother has an encounter with the devil. The brother heads for London, one sister for Easter Island in the Pacific, the other for the north of Sweden, and matters quickly grow tangled. With the climate crisis in the background, the novel looks at how far siblings can scatter before their bond gives way, and at what follows when the family, supposedly the most secure place of all, breaks up.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 548 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Sweden, United Kingdom, Chile
- First published
- 2019 by Norstedts
- Author's age
- 32 when first published
- ISBN
9789113083216 (original)
9781913348045 (Scribe UK, United Kingdom)
9781957363110 (Scribe US, United States)
9781914484872 (Scribe UK, United Kingdom)